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Peonies: Beautiful Varieties for Home & Garden

Jane Eastoe · Gibbs Smith
Pages: 237
Format: Hardcover

A floral gardening guide to the ultra popular peony. From Shawnee Chief to Top Brass, this guide to over 60 varieties of peonies presents an eclectic selection of specimens -- from those with the best visual appearance and the most fragrant perfume, to those that are easiest to grow and produce...
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RSPB Gardening for Wildlife: New edition

Adrian Thomas · Bloomsbury Natural History
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

There is something uplifting about having butterflies in your flowerbeds, frogs in your water feature and birds in your bushes, and knowing they're there because of you. Rich in detail and accessible in style, Gardening for Wildlife is the crucial companion to novices and expert gardeners...
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Perfect English

Ros Byam Shaw · Ryland Peters & Small
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The English style in interior design is admired and imitated the world over.The English style in interior design is admired and imitated the world over. At its grandest it is a stately home furnished with antiques, but the houses featured in this book are country cottages, farmhouses, townhouses,...
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Living and Styling with Plants: Urban Jungle

Igor Josifovic · Georg D W Callwey Gmbh &
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

* Provides all your DIY ideas for styling and tips on how to plant * Inspiration for seasoned plant lovers as well as beginners, providing the total package on the topic of living with plantsLiving and Styling with Plants: Urban Jungle is a source of inspiration, ideas and a manual for all of those...
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Healing Houseplants: How to Keep Plants Indoors for Clean Air, Healthier Skin, Improved Focus, and a Happier Life!

MICHELLE POLK · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

What if the beautiful plants in your home could also become a part of your health routine? Houseplants add vibrancy to any home or office, but many also have significant health benefits you may not even know about. That aloe plant sitting on your window sill can be used as an ointment for scrapes,...
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The Sustainable Home: Build an Eco-friendly and Energy Efficient Home for Your Health, Wealth, and Soul

MELISSA SCHIFMAN · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

The green building movement has produced hundreds of "how-to" books and websites that are filled with tips about green building and what homeowners should do to go green. While helpful and informative, when it comes to making actual purchasing and installation decisions, these...
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The English Country House Garden

George Plumptre · White Lion Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Revised and updated edition. There is something special about the English country house garden: from its quiet verdant lawns to its high yew hedges, this is a style much-desired and copied around the world. The English country house is most often conceived as a private, intimate place,...
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Woodwork Projects for Your Garden and Porch: Simple, Functional, and Rustic Décor You Can Build Yourself

Mattias Wenblad · W W Norton
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Give your garden a unique, do-it-yourself charm with practical and decorative woodwork projects.Do you have a bare, uninspired garden or porch? Instead of overhauling and reconstructing the entire design, simply transform it with twenty-six essential and practical woodwork projects that...
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The Suburban Micro-Farm: Modern Solutions for Busy People

AMY STROSS · Twisted Creek Press
Pages: 354
Format: Paperback

NEW FULL COLOR PRINT EDITION! (Coming March 2018) Reduce your lawn and your grocery budget. Take gardening to the next level!Would you like to grow healthy food for your table? Do you want to learn the secrets of farming even though you live in a neighborhood? Author Amy Stross talks straight...
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The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse: How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse

Lindsey Schiller · New Society
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Fresh, local nutrient-dense fruits vegetables are hard to find in winter in cold climates. Growing warm-weather crops like tomatoes, bananas, avocados, and other perennials is nearly impossible using conventional structures. The solution for millions of backyard and small-scale commercial...
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Simply Styling: Fresh & Easy Ways to Personalize Your Home

Kirsten Grove · Sterling
Pages: 199
Format: Print book

Get the stylish and comfortable home youve longed forwithout breaking the bank or your back! Renowned interior stylist Kirsten Grove guides you every step of the way, going room by room and item by item, giving you the tools and tricks you need to create a space that captures your personality...
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New Small Garden: Contemporary principles, planting and practice

Noe?l Kingsbury · Frances Lincoln Ltd
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Small gardens are a challenge to design and to keep looking good. This title aims to inspire and inform gardeners to make the most of their small spaces by looking at more than 50 contemporary and inspirational gardens, at how their designers have created them and how their owners use and develop...
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Joinery

Taunton Press · The Taunton Press
Pages: 219
Format: Print book

MASTER THE ESSENTIAL WOOD JOINTS All woodworkers worth their sawdust know that joinery -- good, bad, or indifferent -- tells the unvarnished truth; how well a piece is made and how skilled the maker is. Over the decades, no one has proven better at teaching readers how to make beautiful,...
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The Book of Orchids: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World

Mark W Chase · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover

One in every seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid. Yet orchids retain an air of exotic mystery - and they remain remarkably misunderstood and underappreciated. The orchid family contains an astonishing array of colors, forms, and smells that captivate growers from all walks of life...
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The Mother Earth News Guide to Vegetable Gardening: Building and Maintaining Healthy Soil * Wise Watering * Pest Control Strategies * Home Composting * Dozens of Growing Guides for Fruits and Vegetables

Mother Earth News · Voyageur Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Get Growing with Mother Earth News! For years, millions of readers have turned to MOTHER EARTH NEWS for trusted advice on growing vegetables and fruits. This book harnesses decades of wisdom, bringing together all the indispensable techniques, complete growing guides, helpful tips, useful...
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